Redscale Film
A film hack where color negative is loaded backwards so light passes through the base first, tinting pictures in red, orange and yellow. Lomography-minded shooters embraced it in the 2000s for its unpredictable warm palette.
Spot it
- 01Saturated red-orange wash
- 02Golden-yellow highlights
- 03Grainy soft contrast
Why it happens
Light travels through the film's red-sensitive layer first and the orange base, so the blue and green layers get little exposure and red dominates the result.
Recreate it in Pixio
Image edit prompt“Make this image look like redscale film: the whole frame washed in saturated red and orange, golden-yellow highlights, nearly absent blues and greens, deep burgundy shadows, visible film grain, soft edges, slight vignetting and a hint of light leak. Keep the palette strictly warm. Keep the original subject and composition.”
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